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Head for heights

Index Head for heights

To have a head for heights means that one has no acrophobia, an irrational fear of heights, and is not particularly prone to fear of falling or suffering from vertigo, the spinning sensation that can be triggered, for example, by looking down from a high place. [1]

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Acrophobia

Acrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights, especially when one is not particularly high up.

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Alpine route

An alpine route is a trail or climbing route through difficult terrain in high mountains such as the Alps, sometimes with no obvious path.

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An Gearanach

An Gearanach is a Scottish mountain situated in the Mamore Forest, five and a half kilometres north of Kinlochleven in the Lochaber region of the Highland council area.

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Ödkarspitzen

The Ödkarspitzen are three peaks in the Karwendel mountains in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the Hinterautal-Vomper Chain between the ultra-prominent mountain of Birkkarspitze in the east and the Marxenkarspitze in the west.

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Beinn Alligin

Beinn Alligin (Gaelic: Beinn Àilleagan) one of the classic mountains of the Torridon region of Scotland, lying to the north of Loch Torridon, in the Highlands.

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Beinn Bhàn (Applecross)

Beinn Bhàn is a mountain in the highlands of Scotland, lying on the Applecross peninsula, on the north side of Loch Kishorn.

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Ben Nevis

Ben Nevis (Beinn Nibheis), in Scotland, is the highest mountain in the British Isles.

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Blencathra

Blencathra, also known as Saddleback, is one of the most northerly hills in the English Lake District.

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Brechhorn

The Brechhorn is a high mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria.

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Coburger Hut

The Coburger Hut (Coburger Hütte) is an Alpine hut owned by the Coburg Branch of the German Alpine Club.

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Deal porter

The deal porters were a specialist group of workers in London's docks.

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Ehrwalder Sonnenspitze

The Sonnenspitze, also Ehrwalder Sonnenspitze, is a mountain, high, in the Mieming Chain in the Austrian state of Tyrol with a subpeak, the Signalgipfel to the south.

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Erlspitze

The Erlspitze, at, is the highest mountain of the range to which it gives its name in the southeastern corner of the Karwendel Alps.

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Exposure (heights)

Exposure is a climbing and hiking term.

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Fear of falling

The fear of falling (FOF), also referred to as basophobia (or basiphobia), is a natural fear and is typical of most humans and mammals, in varying degrees of extremity.

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Fritzerkogel

The Fritzerkogel is a mountain in the Tennengebirge (Tennen Mountain Range) in the northern Limestone Alps, Austria.

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Funtenseetauern

The Funtenseetauern is a 2,579 m high border peak between Germany and Austria on the northern edge of the Steinernes Meer, one of the nine massifs of the Berchtesgaden Alps.

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Geierköpfe

The Geierköpfe form a triple-summited mountain massif in the Ammergau Alps in Tyrol, Austria.

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Giebel (mountain)

The Giebel is the northeastern corner of the mountain chain that branches off to the northeast at the Laufbacher Eck.

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Großer Hundstod

The Großer Hundstod is, at 2,593 metres, one of the main peaks in the Steinernes Meer in the Berchtesgaden Alps, and lies on the border between Bavaria and the Austrian state of Salzburg.

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Großer Krottenkopf

The Großer Krottenkopf is the highest mountain in the Allgäu Alps of Austria.

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High mountain tour

A high mountain tour (Hochtour) is a mountain tour that takes place in the zone that is covered by ice all year round, the nival zone.

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Hochkarspitze

The Hochkarspitze is a high mountain in the Karwendel on the border between Bavaria and Tyrol.

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Hohe Wand (mountain)

The Hohe Wand is a mountain ridge in Lower Austria and is part of the Gutenstein Alps.

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Karkopf

The Karkopf is a mountain,, and the highest peak of the whole Lattengebirge range in the German state of Bavaria.

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Karlspitzen

The Karlspitzen is a twin-peaked mountain in the middle of the Kaisergebirge range of the Northern Limestone Alps in Austria.

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Kofel

The Kofel is a mountain in the Bavarian Alps of Germany.

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Kreuzkarspitze

The Kreuzkarspitze is a 2,587-metre-high Austrian mountain in the Hornbach chain of the Allgäu Alps.

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Lärcheck

The Lärcheck (also Lärchegg) is a mountain in the Kaisergebirge range of the Northern Limestone Alps in Austria.

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Mynydd Drws-y-Coed

Mynydd Drws-y-Coed is a peak on the Nantlle Ridge in Snowdonia, north Wales.

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Noppenspitze

The Noppenspitze is a rocky summit, 2,594 metres high, in the central part of the Hornbach chain of the Allgäu Alps.

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Pavey Ark

Pavey Ark is a fell in the English county of Cumbria.

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Raucheck

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Reintalanger Hut

The Reintalanger Hut (1,366 m) is an Alpine Club hut in the Wetterstein Mountains at the head of the Reintal valley.

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Salober

The Salober ist a grass mountain in the Allgäu Alps.

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Saxon Switzerland

Saxon Switzerland (Sächsische Schweiz) is a hilly climbing area and national park around the Elbe valley south-east of Dresden in Saxony, Germany.

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Schareck

The Schareck, a mountain with a height of, lies in the Goldberg Group of the High Tauern in Austria.

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Schneefernerkopf

The Schneefernerkopf is a peak in the Zugspitze massif in the Alps.

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Scrambling

Scrambling (also known as alpine scrambling) is "a walk up steep terrain involving the use of one's hands".

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Sgùrr Alasdair

At 3,255 feet, Sgùrr Alasdair is the highest peak of the Black Cuillin, and the highest peak on the Isle of Skye and in the Inner Hebrides.

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Sonneck

The Sonneck is a mountain in the Kaisergebirge range of the Northern Limestone Alps in Austria.

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Stac Pollaidh

Stac Pollaidh is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.

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Stadelhorn

The Stadelhorn (2,286 m) is the highest and most prominent peak in the Reiter Alm on the Austro-German border, lying on the boundary between the states of Bavaria and Salzburg.

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Sure-footedness

Sure-footedness refers to the ability, especially when hiking or mountain climbing, to negotiate difficult or rough terrain safely.

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Teufelshörner

The Teufelshörner ("Devil's Horns") are a pair of mountains on the German-Austrian border in the Berchtesgaden Alps.

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The Cobbler

The Cobbler (Beinn Artair) is a mountain of height located near the head of Loch Long in Scotland.

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The Saddle

The Saddle (An Dìollaid) is one of the great Scottish mountains; seen from the site of the Battle of Glen Shiel it forms (with Faochag) one of the best-known views in the Highlands.

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Treffauer

At, the Treffauer is the third highest mountain in the Kaisergebirge range of the Alps.

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Urbeleskarspitze

The Urbeleskarspitze is a 2,632-metre-high mountain peak in the Allgäu Alps.

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Via ferrata

A via ferrata (Italian for "iron path", plural vie ferrate or in English via ferratas) is a protected climbing route found in the Alps and certain other locations.

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W. A. Poucher

William Arthur Poucher (1891–1988), known as Walter, a nickname he acquired during his Army service, was one of the leading British mountain photographers and guide book writers during and following World War II.

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Walpole-Nornalup National Park

Walpole-Nornalup National Park is a national park in the South West region of Western Australia, 355 km south of Perth.

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Watzmann

The Watzmann (Watzmo) is a mountain in the Bavarian Alps south of the village of Berchtesgaden.

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Westerberg (Baumberge)

The Westerberg, also called the Westerather Berg, is, at, the highest elevation in the Baumberge hills and the German region of Münsterland.

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Zettenkaiser

The Zettenkaiser is a high mountain with a summit cross in the Kaiser Mountains (Kaisergebirge) in the Northern Limestone Alps in Austria.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_for_heights

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